Making Enter Key in Directory List Box Act Like Double-Click

• Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows, versions 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0
• The Standard and Professional Editions of Microsoft Visual Basic for MS-DOS, version 1.0

SUMMARY

When you double-click an item in a directory list box control, it opens the directory and displays its subdirectories.

The directory list box control ignores the Enter key by default. To cause a directory list box to treat the Enter key the same way as a double-click, set the Path property to List(ListIndex) from within the KeyPress event handler.

MORE INFORMATION

The following code shows how to cause a directory list box to open the selected directory when the user presses the ENTER key. This code causes a Change event, just as when you double-click an item.

   Sub Dir1_KeyPress (KeyAscii As Integer)
      If KeyAscii = 13 Then
         Dir1.Path = Dir1.List(Dir1.ListIndex)
      End If
   End Sub

   Sub Command1_Click ()
      Dir1.Path = Dir1.List(Dir1.ListIndex)
   End Sub

Chapter 18, "Using the File-System Controls" of the "Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows Programmer's Guide"

Chapter 10, "Using the File-System Controls" of the "Microsoft Visual Basic for MS-DOS Programmer's Guide"